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Word: Comedy
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (as a genre of drama, also denoting a narrative poem with a happy ending, as in Dante's Divine Comedy): from Old French comedie, via Latin from Greek kōmōidia, from kōmōidos ‘comic poet’, from kōmos ‘revel’ + aoidos ‘singer’
ˈkɒmɪdi
professional entertainment consisting of jokes and sketches, intended to make an audience laugh
Short Definition:entertainment intended to make audience laugh
Examples:- a cabaret with music, dancing, and comedy
- the show combines theatre with the best of stand-up comedy
a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity
Short Definition:play with happy ending
Examples:- Shakespeare's comedies
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